Prime Minister of Bangladesh has resigned. The army will form a provisional government
The head of the Government of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina, who fled from her stormed palace, resigned on Monday, the head of the army announced in a televised speech, reports AFP.
The same general announced on Saturday in a statement that the military will "always be with the people". He will lead the interim government, according to local media.
Thousands of protesters stormed Hasina's official residence earlier in the morning, demanding her dismissal. Weeks of bloody clashes between protesters and Hasina's security forces escalated late last week, with dozens killed on Sunday alone. According to local Bangladeshi news agencies, Hasina fled her residence minutes before it was stormed by protesters. He left for India, accompanied by his younger sister Sheikh Rehana, aboard a helicopter, local media reported.
The eldest daughter of Bangladesh's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, who declared independence from Pakistan in 1971, Sheikh Hasina has been in power since 2009 after a first term in office from 1996-2001.
On Monday, hundreds of thousands of anti-government demonstrators marched through the streets of the capital, a day after bloody clashes that left at least 94 dead across the country.
At least 300 people have been killed since the beginning of the demonstrations in July, according to a tally compiled by AFP based on data from the police, officials and hospital sources.
In the country, a traffic ban came into force on Sunday evening. The 3,500 factories were closed in Bangladesh, where the clothing industry has been the main engine of impressive economic growth.
Internet access was widely cut on Monday, according to providers and watchdogs.
On Sunday, there were new clashes between Sheikh Hasina's opponents, law enforcement and supporters of the ruling party, resulting in 94 deaths across the country.
This is the bloodiest record registered in a single day since the beginning of anti-government demonstrations a month ago in this Muslim country with 170 million inhabitants, in which students challenge, against the background of acute unemployment of graduates.
